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Northeast Pavilions do brisk business at IIFT

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New Delhi, November 22 (ANI): Pavilions from various states of India�s northeast region are doing brisk business at the ongoing 29th India International Trade fair in national capital New Delhi. Decorative items made of bamboos and local handlooms made stuff are the most sought after at the expo.

Tags: Pavilions Northeast region Brisk business International Trade fair
Date: 2009-11-22

SRK, Katrina bag Cosmopolitan awards

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Mumbai, November 21 (ANI): It was yet another Bollywood award night and yet another recognition to Bollywood biggies. Organised by leading lifestyle magazine Cosmopolitan, the star studded affair honoured Bollywood Badshah Shah Rukh Khan and B�town�s Barbie Katrina Kaif with Fun, Fearless Man Award and Fun, Fearless Woman Award, respectively.

Tags: Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan Katrina Kaif Cosmopolitan awards
Date: 2009-11-21

Gehlot suggests no commercial buildings in residential areas

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Jodhpur, November 21 (ANI): After a massive fire at a shopping mall in Jodhpur led to destruction worth millions on Saturday, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said he would prevent construction of commercial buildings in residential areas. A massive fire at a shopping mall gutted property worth millions in Jodhpur on Saturday. At least three people were injured in the accident that broke out in a building, which houses National Handloom Corporation Showroom.

Tags: Ashok Gehlot Massive fire Shopping mall Jodhpu
Date: 2009-11-21

Dalai Lama hopeful PM will raise Tibet issue in US

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New Delhi, November 21 (ANI): Talking about Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's three-day US visit, starting on November 23, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Saturday said that he was hopeful the Prime Minister would do whatever possible on the Tibetan issue when he meets US President Barack Obama next week.

Tags: Manmohan Singh US visit Dalai Lama Barack Obama
Date: 2009-11-21

Naxals are getting arms from china, not Chinese govt: Pillai

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Bhubneshwar, November 21 (ANI): India�s Home Secretary G K Pillai while speaking to media in Bhubneshwar on Friday said that Maoists are using Chinese made arms but added that they did not enjoy any support from Beijing. Pillai, who was in the state to review the preparedness of Orissa government for anti-Maoist operation, also asserted that the state governments were closely interacting to tackle the Maoist menace.

Tags: G K Pillai Maoists Chinese Arms
Date: 2009-11-21

Media is not god: Bal Thackeray

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Mumbai, November 21 (ANI): A day after activists of Shiv Sena vandalised the office of television channel IBN Lokmat in Mumbai, party supremo Bala Saheb Thackeray, wrote in the Saturday edition of party mouthpiece, �Saamna� that media is not god. Meanwhile denouncing the attack, Sanjay Nirupam, legislature of ruling Congress party and former Shiv Sena legislature said that the assault is attack on the freedom of press.

Tags: Shiv Sena Bala Saheb Thackeray IBN Lokmat Sanjay
Date: 2009-11-21

�Obama should signal to carry forward nuke deal with India�

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United States/ India, November 21 (ANI): The Obama White House is getting prepared for its first full state visit when US President Barack Obama will host India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Manmohan Singh's three-day state visit starting on Nov. 23 is being seen as a touchstone of Obama's intention of sustaining a relationship that deepened under his predecessor George W. Bush. US/India ties were deepened under Bush whose Administration signed a landmark civilian nuclear agreement with India. And scholars believe that it will be hard for Obama to come up with something comparable.

Tags: Barack Obama Host Manmohan Singh Three day state visit
Date: 2009-11-21

Green Park stadium all set to host Indo-Lanka test match

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Kanpur, November 21 (ANI): The Green Park stadium at Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh is all set to host the second cricket test match between India and Sri Lanka. Kunwar Fateh Bahadur, the state's Principal Secretary assured elaborate security arrangements ahead of he match.

Tags: Green Park stadium Sri Lanka India Second cricket test
Date: 2009-11-21

Police starts probe into derailment of Tata-Bilaspur passenger train

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Jharkhand, November 21 (ANI): Jharkhand police on Friday began investigating the incident of derailment of a passenger train in the state by Naxals, when they blew up railway track on Thursday. Two passengers were killed and over 40 others injured when eight of the ten bogies of the Tata-Bilaspur passenger train derailed after Maoists blew up railway tracks on Thursday night in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district.

Tags: Jharkhand police Naxals Investigating Derailment
Date: 2009-11-21

Modi orders probe into accident at Ahmedabad

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Ahmedabad, November 21 (ANI): Gujarat�s Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday ordered probe into the incident where five labourers died when an underpass caved in at Ahmedabad. He also promised compensation to the victims and their families. Five labourers were killed and one injured when a portion of an under-construction underpass caved in at the Parimal Garden railway crossing in the Ellisbridge area in Ahmedabad when the labourers were engaged in digging.

Tags: Narendra Modi Ordered Probe Underpass caved Ahmedabad
Date: 2009-11-21

Indian Railways launches Jan Ahaar in Kolkata

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Kolkata, November 21 (ANI): Indian Railway Minister, Mamta Banerjee's dream project to provide hygienic and tasty food to the commoners at subsidised rates came true on Friday. Named Jan Ahaar, this facility was formally launched at India's busiest railway terminus, Howrah Station of Kolkata. Jan Ahaar, a self-service cafeteria, provides snacks and meals at affordable prices, ranging from rupees 3 to 38 rupees.

Tags: Mamta Banerjee Tasty food Commoners Jan Ahaar
Date: 2009-11-21

Indian Railways launches Jan Ahaar in Kolkata

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Tags: Mamta Banerjee Tasty food Commoners
Date: 2009-11-21

PM�s visit to US aims at strengthening INDO-US ties: Rao

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New Delhi, November 21 (ANI): Indian foreign secretary Nirupama Rao told reporters on Friday that India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and U.S. President Barack Obama meet next week is aimed at strengthening ties between the two nations. Rao added that the nuclear fuel reprocessing rights for India would also be a top issue at the meeting.

Tags: Manmohan Singh Barack Obama Meet Week Ties
Date: 2009-11-21

Mirwaiz free to travel wherever he wants: Krishna

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New Delhi, November 21 (ANI): India�s Foreign Minister SM Krishna on Friday said that Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Chairman of the separatist Hurriyat (Freedom) Conference was free to travel wherever he wanted, including China. The chief of the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference is expected to visit China and Pakistan later this month.

Tags: SM Krishna Mirwaiz Umar Farooq China Travel
Date: 2009-11-21

Defiant Shivsena blames IBN for its attack on channel

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Mumbai/ Pune, November 21 (ANI): Despite the all round condemnation of the Friday's attack by Shiv Sena activists on the offices of IBN-Lokmat network channel in Mumbai and Pune, defiant Shiv Sena has come out in the open, blaming anti-Thackeray bias of the channel. Shiv Sena said that media coverage on party supremo Bal Thackeray provoked Shiv Sainiks to launch the attack against the news channel.

Tags: IBN Lokmat network channel Attack Shiv Sena activists
Date: 2009-11-21

India�s environment needs better governance: Jairam

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New Delhi, November 21 (ANI): India's minister for environment and forest Jairam Ramesh on Friday said that though India has the best and the most progressive forest and environment laws in the world but it needs better governance. Ramesh also said that the Indian cities are the dirtiest in the world and if there is a Nobel Prize for dirt and filth, India will win it hands down.

Tags: Jairam Ramesh India Environment laws Better governance
Date: 2009-11-21

Security personnel from the vicinity of Gateway withdrawn

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Mumbai, November 21 (ANI): Personnel of the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) platoon, who were deployed at the Gateway of India in Mumbai to guard the Taj Mahal Hotel- one of the prime targets of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, were sent back to their barracks on Friday. In the absence of any proper boarding and lodging arrangements, the platoon, which comprised of 30 SRPF troopers, had been camping under the arch of the huge monument for the past two months. The SRPF jawans were compelled to live on the pavements in and around the historical monument.

Tags: Gateway of India 2611 SRPF jawans Sent back
Date: 2009-11-21

First Indian Navy women aviators take charge

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Kochi,November 20 (ANI):Indian Navy created history by inducting two women combatants into its combat arm on Friday.The passing out parade was held at Southern Naval Command in Kochi. Sub-Lieutenants Ambica Hooda from Haryana and Seema Rani Sharma from Uttar Pradesh will work as observers on the Indian Navy's multi-role Dornier aircraft that is used for transportation and aerial surveillance.

Tags: Women combatants Indian Navy History Combat arm
Date: 2009-11-20

Congress defends central government's sugarcane pricing policy

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New Delhi, November 20 (ANI):After central government's sugarcane pricing policy resulted in a huge political turmoil,the congress party on Friday defended the policy and said that the FRP is in favour of farmers but the government is considering over making some amendments in the ordinance.

Tags: Political turmoil Sugarcane pricing policy Central government
Date: 2009-11-20

Modi flaunts his new look on his visit to Sabarmati Riverfront

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Ahmedabad, November 20 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi wore a sporty look as he carried out a check on the progress of Sabarmati River Front Development Project in Ahmedabad on Thursday.The chief minister posed for cameras on the banks of Sabarmati River as his ministers and bureaucrats looked on.This is something that Modi rarely does,perhaps another makeover,taking a shot at cowboy image.

Tags: Narendra Modi Sabarmati River Front Development Project Cowboy image
Date: 2009-11-20